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Charlie Finley
Charlie Finley was well known around town for the family's paint and wallpaper business but he also had a small cattle business on the side and was an avid hunter. In the late 1930s he served the state of Florida...
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Donald S. Evans
Donald Samuel Perry Evan's parents came here in 1889. He ran a local downtown pharmacy for many years. At the time of this interview he was a retired pharmacist and a former chairman of the county board of commissioners.
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On Campus with Joseph S. Guernsey, 2012
ABOVE: Orlando Junior College brochure featuring a photo of the college from North Highland Avenue, the same building which is used today by Lake Highland Preparatory School for classes. Mr. Guernsey served as Board Chairman of Orlando Junior College.
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The Community Feeling of College Park - Josephine Huggins
Artist Josephine Huggins shares what she enjoys most about living in College Park in this interview conducted on May 8, 2012.
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Jenkins Dolive
Thomas Jenkins Dolive ("doe-leave") was born in Orlando February 27, 1890 and interviewed in December of 1971 by Hatabel Hyer. He was well known to many in Orlando as were his parents and siblings. According to Eve Bacon's Orlando: A...
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Katie Bell Demps
Mrs. Demps was known as the oldest woman in Zellwood at the time of this recording, a title she questions (in part two.) "Oldest [child care] provider in Zellwood" she readily boasts! This interview was conducted in 1976 for the...
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Rev. Dr. Marshall C. Dendy and wife, Nan
Dr. Marshall C. Dendy was senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando from June 1, 1942 to December 1952.
Dr. Dendy and his wife, Nan, were interviewed on July 12, 1976 by James R. Spence for the Friends of...
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Corbett Dodd
Basil Corbett Dodd started his own dairy business in Goldenrod at the age of 17 and served as a Seminole County commissioner for over a dozen years. Born on February 2, 1907, Mr. Dodd's parents moved to central Florida in...
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Corbin Sarchet
VIEW - Library officials and local dignitaries gather at the West Oaks Branch Library & Genealogy Center to dedicate a plaque to Colonel Corbin Marquand Sarchett, III in honor and recognition of his decades-long support for the Orange County Library...
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Dr. Benjamin Patz & Mrs. Anna Mae Patz: Education for Life
We've been married 50 years and we celebrated that this past year. The thing I admire most about him is the fact that he is as brilliant as he is and yet as humble as he is. You can ask...
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Orville Rhoads Davis
Orville Rhoads Davis came to Orlando in 1929 to serve as principal of Memorial Junior High School, which was located on Rosalind Avenue, facing Lake Eola, where The Metropolitan at Lake Eola condominiums stands today. (Many may remember this location...
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Nixon S. Collins
Nixon Steever Collins came to Orlando in 1920 from Chuluota, Florida. His uncle owned the first automobile in Chuluota, a 1910 Buick. This interview was conducted on July 29, 1975 for the Friends of the Orlando Public Library's Oral History...
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